Faucet



E. E. COOPER ,FAUCET Filed April 26, 1934 A TTORNEYS.

=30 ill am aware of the fact that while Patented Feb. s, 1938 Earl E. Cooper, Decatur, 111., assignor to Cham- I hers, Bering, Quinlan Company, Decatur, 111.,

a corporation Application April 26,1934, Serial nohzzzsso 1 1 Claim.

. I My-invention'relates to faucets for releasing fluids from containers; and has for an object to provide an economical and practical improve- 7 ment in'faucets which will permit'a release of fluids in a manner which will not cause the, fluid 'jto drip for a time after the faucet has been shut'oflii f 7 cAn object oi? myinvention is to'provide a faucet having its releasing valveseat and valve head at the very lower extremity flush .with the outlet portion of the faucet without having any "tubular. portion of the faucet'extending down below the release valve as is. so common in faucets existing on the market; since such a tubular por- 5. tionbelow'thevalve unfortunately furnishes an innerewallfor the fluids to cling to temporarily and drip from after the valve is shutjoff.

A particular. purpose of my invention istoiprovide in-a faucet for the release of oil from. oil

20 barrels an improvement in the oil release valve and seat whereby. the lower, extremity of the outlet part of the. faucet casing. is shaped to define a valve seat preferably tapered downward.-

' 1y 'and toward .the center ;or. coneeshaped and 7 25 flush with said lower extremity and to provide in conjunction therewith anoil release valvehead the end of which is cupped Lor upwardly ccncavewhile the perimeter thereof is coneshaped tom the valve. seat.

the release "valvefeature of my faucetis one of the outstanding salient featuresthei'eof and certain mechanical features are provided for :the manipulation ofthis valve, yet other mechanical methods of 35 'controlling my release valve improvement are possible and'may be easily operative in conjunction' with" my release valveimprovement within th e s'copeof myinvention as is shown in some of the figures of my drawing. r ;.40 ;I 'att'ain' the objects of my invention in thedevice described in the annexed specification, recit'ed 'i'n the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which-like reference numerals indicate like parts in thei-several figures.

Referring to the figures: *rr' Figure 1 is a side view of my faucet showing the operating feature thereof in vertical half.- section'. 1. y I Figure2. is a perspective ofmy faucet.

Figure 3 is. a perspective of thecasing portion lof my faucet showing: in a cut-away the inte- 'rior'structure of the fluid releasing section of the casing. 1 viiigure 4 is a top view of my faucet.

1'55 g;.-1:Figure 5 is aperspective of the can. handle member shown up side downto disclose its interior construction. v p

Figure 6 is a perspective of the faucet casing asshown in Figure 3 together .with vertical aligned details of the operating members of the faucet so 'as to indicate the relative operating position of the respective parts.

Figure 7 is a side view of a faucet showing, in section, a spiral lift method of lifting the valve.

Figure 8 is a side viewshowing, in section, a screw method of lifting the valve member.

Figure 9 is a side view of a faucet illustrating in a sectionfa pivoted lever lift for the valve member.

Referring now indetail to the salient features of construction of my invention and the preferred manner. ofoperating the same, I provide as the outstanding characteristics of my novel improvements in faucets, a means of releasing fluids from a container through a faucet so that when the faucet is shut off there will not be a ,tendencyforthe fluid to drain afterward and continue to drip from the mouth of the faucet.

In fact a highly important feature of my faucet improvement is to be found in the effective release of fluids such as oil and the like from the faucet in a manner which abruptly cuts off the column of fiuid leaving only a single bubble formed by a built up pressure below the valve head and seat and this bubble promptly bursts, and the onedrop formed thereby, falls into the receptacle along with the cut off fluid; thus leav-- ing not the slightest bit of fiuid draining from the faucet.

I achieve the purpose of my invention in a faucet which may be modified in a number of ways in so far as the manipulation thereof is mechanicallycontrolled, and, for the sake of explanation of I the novel features of my invention I am illustrating in'the drawing and shall here describe several of the possible mechanical ways of operating it and shall point out one faucet structure in detail as a preferred operating arrangement. I I

It has heretofore been the common practice in the making of i'aucetsto place the fluid release valve within. the housing or faucet casing in such a position as will requirethe fluids to strike the innerwalls of a discharge tube before the fluid leaves the faucet after it passes through the release valve; and when this construction is used the fiuid striking the inner walls of the mouth of the faucet would have to drain therefrom after'the valve has shut the fluid supply off;

thus requiringtime for the draining.

I provide in my invention a construction in faucets constituting a novel improvement wherein the fluid release valve is flush with the very end of the outlet portion of the valve casing where the casing is in fact shaped to define a valve seat which constitutes the mouth of the faucet at the very extremity of the casing with no discharge tube portion below it.

By observing the drawing it will be noticed that the faucet, whose features I shall point out in detail, has a casing I provided with a fluid receiving end 2 and fluid discharge portion 3' with which receiving end 2 is. communicatively connected through tubular portion 4.,

The mouth of faucet I is shaped at its extrem ity to define a valve seat having a fluid release valve without any part of a tube portion extending below it, making the seat flush with the end.

For the sake of explaining the merits of my invention I shall describe its operation in connection with itsuse as an oil faucet for releasing oil from oil barrels and other containers; and in this connection it may be said that my invention is decidedly efficient for-accomplishing the purposes above expressed. v

In conjunction with valve seat 5 flush with the faucet mouth I provide a valve head 6 operatively seating upon thevalve seat facing I and provided with concave'or oupped recess 8 in the lower end of valve'head 6; I

With this'arrangement and with mechanical means for manipulating valve head 6 by lifting it off ofseat 5 when releasing oil through casing I, I thus permit the escaping oil to run out of the casing between the lifted valve head and the valve seat facing I forming a stream-of oil the beginning of which is of a hollow cone-shape and formed with an air space at the end of the valve head. I 7 Ti The oil, when released, will thus run smoothly, striking no-inner wallsurfaces after it leaves the valve in the faucet. Thus when the valve is closed, the stream of oil issuddenly cut o'fiand abubble'of oil quickly forms in suspension-beneath the concave part ofi'the bottom of the valve head caused by the built up pressure created by this stream of oil moving past the concave portion of the valve head. However, this bubble of oil quickly forms and is quickly bursted by the pressure thus created and forms the single drop ofoil which drops promptly from the faucet. Upon the bursting of the bubble the one drop immediately follows the cut oif end of the oil stream into the receptacle therefor leaving not the slightest quantity of oil to drain thereafter fromthe faucet.

Although valve head 6 can be lifted in a number of ways, yet I have provided in'this instance, as a preferable combination, an organization of parts which function efiiciently.

In this instance, casing I is formed so that the oil discharge chamber 9 having a cylindrical wall is disposed at an angle which in this case is at right angles with the tubular intake portion 4. Valve stem III is encompassed by a coil spring II, which at the bottom end presses against valve head 6 and at the top presses against a cap 59 at the bottom of the ball bearing earn plate I2.

A shoulder I3 of casing I receives a gasket I4 to prevent the escape of oil while a pair of notches I5 in a second shoulder I6 are adapted to hold ball bearing cam plate I 2 from turning as it rests down against gasket I4. V 7

Cam plate I2 is provided with integral cams I I, I8, and I9, spaced to receive balls 20,12I, and

. balls 20, 2i, and 22 and cooperate with cams I I,

I8; and I9 for limiting the oscillating adjustments in cap 36 and holding valve head 6 firmly in closed position .by automatically permitting spring member I! to force the balls back to the bottom point in the ball track of'cam plate I2 each time that the valve is released after opening the valve; thus permitting the valve stem to be forced [down with head 6 from the position to which it has been lifted by turning cap handle 30 to the right or left when opening the valve.

A cap 34 is adapted-to be screwed into threaded hole 35 of cap handle 30 to cover and protect the top threaded end 36 ofvalve stem Illand nut :31 adapted to engage the threaded end .36 of valve stem I0, 1. V

Thus when stem II) with valve head. 6 is resiliently forced down normally by spring II the valve is closed and spring II has its top anchore age against fixed ball-bearing plate I2while the resilient action of spring I I also pulls down upon cap handle 36 and ballplate 23 with balls20, 2|, and 22 which are all resiliently held downin this action by nut'3I'.

It will be observed that perforated lug 38. of a cap handle '30 cooperates, with perforated lug 39 of casing Ito provide meansfor engaginga padlock 40 'whilea' fixed stop member 4| of casing I shaped'to define a catch for engaging ing 1 of valve seat 5 the cap handle. 30 must be rotated to the left or right to releaseit from catch 4| and .in so doing the movement'of the contacting cams uponballs 20, 2I, and 22 lifts the cap handle 30 and valve 6 against the compression of spring II whether moved to right or left and forces the cap handle and valve down again promptly. upon the release of handtgrips' 43 and 44. v

A pair of downwardly extending: ears 45Tand 46 of cap handle 30 are adapted to prevent thesame from being moved too far to the right or left since either of them would strike perforated lug 39 before being moved .too far around. i

I have shown in Figures '7, 8, .and' 9 other mechanical methods'of lifting valve head 6 from valve seat 5 any one of. which would be successfully operative and wholly within :the scope of my' invention illustrated in, connection therewith. r Referring to Fig. 7, the handle 48 operates a springless-valve having aspi'ral guide 41 for a valve stem I0, and a packing 60 is held under a bushing or sleeve 6| having threads49and to which handle 48 is attached, while casing 62 operatively supports cap 63 which threads into it. Handle 50 (see Fig. 8) operates valve stem III through the action of threads 5| on the stem.

F It will be noted that packing 51 in the lower recess 56 is held in place by a cap 59'with spring ll pressing up against thebottom surface 58 of the cap.

In Figure 9 I have shown a lever lift for valve 6 and valve stem I in which case a pressure on lever handle 52 which is pivoted at point 53 and slidably attached to valve stem ID by pin 54 would tend to lift valve 6 off of valve seat 5. The valve would then be closed automatically by a compression spring 55 pressing down upon the top of valve stem I0.

I have thus illustrated and described a preferred mechanical construction of my invention together with certain mechanical constructions of manipulating means for the control of the valve which come withinv the general scope of my invention and have been shown and described to more completely point outthe practical nature of my improvements in faucets.

Other mechanical methods of manipulating my novel features of improvement in faucets may be described and illustrated which would likewise fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the nature of my invention what I claim is:

A faucet comprising a casing having means for attachment to a fluid container, and an intake opening, an outlet terminal at the lower extremity of the casing shaped at that point to define an annular valve seat from which to release fluids from the container through the faucet, a fluid release valve operatively mounted within said casing adapted to register with said valve seat, said casing having its receiving portion internally tubular and its discharge portion shaped to define a cylindrical chamber internally and disposed at an angle to said tubular intake portion; said valve having the head thereof shaped on the lower end to define a concave cup portion and having its outer peripheral facing shaped to fit said valve seat, a valve stem for the valve, a coil spring on the stem, a gasket seat in the wall of said discharge portion and a gasket adapted to seat therein, a cam plate seat above said gasket seat and of larger diameter and provided with peripheral notches therein, a cam plate slidably engaging said valve stem over said spring and gasket and provided with peripheral lugs for registry within said peripheral notches, ball bearings operatively seated on said cam plate, a threaded sleeve for engaging threads at the top of said discharge portion of the casing of the faucet, and a cap handle comprising in integral combination a cam face adapted to cooperate with said ball bearings, a hood for the casing, a perforated extension lug for receiving a detachable look, a pair of downwardly extending integral flangestop members for limiting the oscillatable movement of the cap handle, a stop member lug extending from the side of the cap and an opening provided in the top of the cap for receiving a nut for engaging the upper end of the valve stem, and a threaded cap for covering said opening; said casing having an integral stop'bracket for receiving said stop member lug to prevent unwarranted lifting of the valve, and an integral perforated extension lug on said casing cooperating with said perforated lug of the cap handle to provide means for holding the cap handle in locked position when the valve is closed.

EARL E. COOPER. 

